Pahora cantuaria is a species of Physoglenidae spider endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R., Platnick, N. I. & Coddington, J. (1990). A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 193: 1-116
Taxonomy This species was described in 1990 by Ray Forster from male specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description The male is recorded at 2.82mm in length. The carapace has dark markings medially and laterally. The abdomen has white markings.
Distribution This species is only known from Canterbury, New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".
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